Expression® Design 3 Top Features

Create Graphics - Create sophisticated vector assets and easily combine these with your Adobe Photoshop assets via the powerful new importer with full layer support, seamlessly transferring your final graphics to Expression Blend or Web.
Powerful Tools - Intuitive and flexible shape drawing tools including Bezier, B-Spline, and polyline—with full curve control.
Editable Effects - Apply non-destructive Live Effects to any object and change the effect settings for a completely different look and feel.

What's new in Expression Design 3

Introduction

Welcome to Expression Design 3. In this release you will find improvements that make it easier to integrate Expression Design 3 into your production workflow.

Import Photoshop

You can now import an Adobe Photoshop file (PSD) into Expression Design 3 in three different ways:

By using the Import commands.
By opening the PSD file directly.
By dragging the file into Expression Design 3 using Windows Explorer. You can import Photoshop files as single layers, groups, or Photoshop layers.

Workspace docking

Expression Design 3 now provides flexible workspace management and full docking support for all panels.

Exporting

Silverlight 3 support

You can create and export artwork for use with Silverlight 3 applications.

Exporting Silverlight and WPF Effects

If you use DropShadow or Guassian Blur effect in your Expression Design 3 artwork, these will now be exported as Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight 3 compatible Effects.

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